Google Pay users in the U.S. can now send money to GPay users in India and Singapore, Google said on Tuesday, making its first push into the remittance market.
The company has partnered with Western Union and Wise, both of which have integrated their services into Google Pay. This is the first time either of the cross-border payments firms have inked such a deal.
Josh Woodward, Director of Product Management at Google, told TechCrunch in an interview that the company is kickstarting its cross-border payments feature with India and Singapore and intends to expand this worldwide by the end of the year.
“As we do with a number of Google products, we will test, learn, and iterate and then start scaling,” he said.
As part of the partnership, Western Union will power cross-border payments on Google Pay in over 200 countries, while Wise will extend the support in over 80 countries.
When Google Pay users in the U.S. attempt to send money to someone in India…